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Common roach
The roach, or rutilus roach (Rutilus rutilus), also known as the common roach, is a fresh- and brackish-water fish of the familyCyprinidae, native to most of Europe and western Asia. Fish called roach can be any species of the generaRutilus, Leucos and Hesperoleucus, depending on locality. The plural of the term is also roach.